Tie for bags, bales, or the like.



PATENTED JUNE so, 1903.

J. BEARDSLEY. TIE FOR BAGS, BALES, OR THE- LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14, '1903.

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UNITE STATES Patented June so, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

YVILLIAM J. BEARDSLEY, OF JACKSON,l\/IICIIIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE J'. SOHUMACHER, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

TIE FOR BAGS, BALES, on THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,673, dated June 30,1903.

Application filed April 14, 1903. Serial No- 152,5 99. (N0 model.) 7

To all whom it may concern.-

Beitknown thatI,WILLIAMJ.BEARDSLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ties for Bags, Bales, or the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a tie for bales, bags, or the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a tying device which is fastened .to the bale or bag and is provided with a spring clamping member positioned to grip the cord or band between its edge and the base.

A further object of my invention is to provide a tying device which when gripping the string tends to hold the latter tighteras .it is relaxed under the influence of the expanding bag.

Many other objects and-advantages will be ing wrapped around the bag and readytobe gripped by the spring clamping member." Fig. 3 is a similar View of the bag jtied. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail perspective view. of the tie.:

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross-section on the line w m, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a top plan view. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the blank from which the tie is formed.

The same numerals refer to like parts in all the figures.

1 represents a bag, which may be either a bag used for ordinary purposesor may be of the type utilized in forming a bale.

Thenumeral 2 indicates my improved tie, and it consists of a base 3, having openings 4, through which rivets 5 are passed to fasten it to the bag 1, and 6 is an opening near one end of the base to receive a cord or the like 7. A reduced extension or neck projects from the opposite end of the base 3, and it is provided at its outer end with 'a spring clamping member 10, formed at one end with a finger-grip 11. The neck 9 is bent to cause the spring member 10 to incline slightly in relation to the base in such manner that the edge 12 will press the base. The forward end .13 of 'theedge I2 is slightly beveled to allow whereupon the cord is passed between the beveled end of the edge 12 'and thebase 3 un-- til it encounters the neck- 9. Immediately the end of the cord is released its tendency is to relax, and it is this action which causes the edge to grip it between itself and the base, so that the greater the pull backward the tighter the edge grips.- This action is due to the peculiar angle of the clamping member 10 with relation to the base 3, it being evident "that the cord once positioned it is bound to ,be securely fastened. The gripping action is further augmented by the relationship between the neck and theangle ,of the member -10. A sharp turn is given the cord around the neck, which releases the strain somewhat,

hence rendering it practically impossible for the strain of the cord to'o'vercome the clamping action of the edge 12.

To untie a bag, it only requires a slight pull of the cord in thedirection of the angle of the member 10 and thenotf to one side toward the beveled edge 13; when it is readily released and the bag may be unwrapped.

For convenience and further to better enable the spring member 10 to grip I prefer to use a fiatcor'd. However, -I do not desire to limit myself to this precise detail of construction.

My invention is extremely simple and durable in construction and enables me to tie and untie bags or the like conveniently and quickly without the use of severing the cord.

a clamping member positioned at an angle to the base to present one edge of said member to said base, a cord, and means for causing the edge of the clamping member to grip the cord on the base, substantially as described.

3. In a bag or bale tie, the combination with a base fastened to a bag, a cord secured to the base, and a spring clamping member formed with the base and bent to present its edge against the base, whereby the cord may be clamped between the said edge and the base as it tends to pull back, substantially as described.

4. A tie for bags or bales, com prisinga base,

WILLIAM J. BEARDSLEY.

Witnesses:

ELMER KIRKBY, FRANK PELHAM. 

